Chapter 168 Crush (5k4)
The golden light flashes and the light overflows.
The next moment, "Hyena"'s eyes turned white, and the strong light once again deprived him of his vision.
--boom! ! !
Lightning thunder fell from the sky again, hitting the hyena's body accurately.
In its blur of consciousness, the hyena can no longer feel its own pain.
He could only vaguely see the sacred, golden tribulation thunder, like a giant spear, nailing him to the ground.
The right side of the hyena's chest was completely penetrated. This time the lightning strike avoided the heart, causing the hyena to be on the verge of death, but it did not die immediately.
His consciousness continued to sink and dissipate, and "Hyena" felt that his eyelids seemed to be heavier than ever before, and they were falling downwards like heavy gates.
In a daze, the hyena heard the sound of footsteps - tap, tap, coming from in front of him unhurriedly, with a steady rhythm like a war drum.
He raised his head, and the dazzling golden light made him unconsciously raise his hands to cover his eyes.
"...Ha, the black-toothed hyena."
A contemptuous voice came from in front of the hyena.
The hyena then moved away the hand covering his eyes, and he saw clearly the figure of the person in front of him.
He wore an all-black open robe and a pitch-black mask, and his true appearance could not be seen through.
However, he was holding a miniature thunder gun with golden light flowing out in his hand, and the crackling sound of tiny electric lights made the hyena feel intense heart palpitations.
Suddenly, the hyena felt that his heart was as hot as fire. That was where the "Silver Dial Compass" was stored.
The hyena looked surprised. In the unequal confrontation, he took out the "Silver Dial Compass". The mercury needle in the compass suddenly began to tremble crazily and no longer had a clear direction.
A bad premonition quickly appeared in the hyena's mind.
The hyenas know that the "silver dial compass" has lost its direction, which just means that it is infinitely close to the "target", and their spirituality has tended to coincide.
Fear spread quickly, the hyena's pupils shrank suddenly, and the cold fact appeared in his mind——
The man in front of him, a black-faced man wearing a mask whose true appearance could not be seen clearly, turned out to be the target of their "Black Fang" mission!
"The fourth level of destiny... you actually... are the fourth level of destiny!"
This was far beyond the intelligence the hyenas had gotten.
Originally, according to what the "fallen prophet" saw from the Mother Goddess' revelation, the priest wearing priest robes and riding towards the main city of Songyuan could only have a "three-fold destiny" at most!
He can never be the 'priest' of the church. The information of all the clergymen above the fourth level of destiny in the 'Holy Court' church should be under their control!
"...This is impossible, this, this is impossible!"
The hyena roared hysterically, and he finally realized that even if the "Blood Owl" had not been attacked by the powerful old man before, he and the Blood Owl, two "third-level destiny" extraordinary beings, would never be two "fourth-level destiny". The opponent of "Destiny"!
"We must tell the 'Executioner'... we must send out the 'Hunter'!"
The hyena's teeth chattered, and the strong sense of danger of approaching death actually made him endure the pain caused by cutting off his left leg, and stood up tremblingly.
The dagger he held in his right hand quickly emitted an extremely dense black mist, which quickly condensed into a slender shape.
It was the hound's long knife lingering in the black mist. The hyena slammed the long knife to the ground, replaced the broken left leg, and quickly fled away from the man, running very fast.
As a "hyena", he lay down at the same time, grabbing the ground with his free left hand to control the direction of the sprint.
Although "Hyena" is a warrior of [Ku Tu], his special talent and beast-like training also give him an extremely terrifying sprint speed.
His figure quickly shrank in the black-faced man's field of vision and almost disappeared.
However, the black-faced man did not pursue him. Instead, he nodded and recited a prayer silently, and then assumed a posture ready to "throw".
He drew up his waist and took a lunge, switching the miniature thunder gun in his left hand to his right hand, and poured his own spirituality into it.
The thunder gun expanded rapidly, accompanied by the sound of sizzling and exploding electricity, and at the same time emitting a scorching light.
The next moment, he suddenly threw his right hand forward, and the thunder gun came out instantly, flashing with dazzling light in the air, and flew towards the hyena's back.
The terrifying thunder gun pierced the air, dragging its slender light tail, and flew down in the direction of the hyena.
--boom! ! !
Before the hyena completely escaped, the thunder gun caught up with him and penetrated his abdomen.
Then, taking the location where the thunder gun hit as the origin, a violent spiritual shock exploded instantly, completely swallowing up the hyena's body and completely annihilating it.
There was no bloodshed, and there was no horrific scene of flesh and blood flying everywhere. The final explosion wiped out the surrounding area, leaving nothing behind except cracks, deep pits and dust on the ground.
"..."
When he witnessed the moment when the "hyena" was killed, the black-faced man finally took off his mask, and the young voice let out a heartfelt sigh.
…
"...So strong."
Luo Xiu raised his right hand and looked at it for a long time, murmuring.
It's the same as using "Thunder of Judgment", but the feel is completely different from the three-fold destiny!
The control of spirituality and the power of performing holy magic have been greatly improved compared to before. It is a complete qualitative transformation, and it is truly an absolute crushing at the "extraordinary" level!
This is the first time he has really taken action since he was promoted to the "Fourth Level of Destiny".
Luo Xiu can actually kill hyenas faster, but this is not so much a "battle" as it is just a small experiment conducted by Luo Xiu.
He did not use any extra holy magic. Just the standard three consecutive rounds of "Thunder of Judgment" left Black Fang's "Hyena" with no room to struggle.
This is an absolute crushing blow. When he was in the "third destiny", although he could kill those "Black Fangs" alone, it would never be as easy as now.
Feeling the real feeling of getting stronger, joy quietly burst out in Luo Xiu's heart.
He then put on his mask again and walked quickly to where the hyena was, checking to see if he had left anything behind.
"Hyena" has no bones left, and the beating reward in the mailbox has truly confirmed his death.
However, he had other, extra things with him, and Luo Xiu was somewhat interested in that.
Suddenly, at the edge of his field of vision, a light cyan light flowed past, and Luo Xiu turned his head to look.
It was a compass that slipped from the "hyena's" body while he was running away and rolled to the side of the road.
The cyan moonlight shone on the crystal arc wall on its surface, and the reflected light was just keenly detected by Luo Xiu.
Luo Xiu then walked over, leaned over and picked up the compass.
Inside the compass, the spiritual mercury was beating irregularly, appearing quite chaotic and manic.
"Well, this should be something made by the enemy's 'soothsayer' that can pinpoint my approximate location."
Luo Xiu made a quick judgment, but did not destroy the thing eagerly, but put it into the storage bracelet.
This was the first tentative assassination attempt by "Black Fang", and Luo Xiu passed the first round without any danger.
At least within a day, the enemy will not take action again, which makes Luo Xiu relatively relieved.
He began to make plans in his mind, some plans for the future.
While thinking, Luo Xiu patted the dust on his clothes and walked back to the Wolfhound Tavern.
…
Wolfhound Tavern.
When Luo Xiu returned here, he saw the owner of the tavern, the former [Supreme] "Knight of the Throne" Isaac Neves, sitting on the bench.
He crossed his hands across his chest, his expression cold and serious.
When he saw the guest who had just stayed at the hotel the day before come back, Isaac's wolf-like eyes quickly focused on him.
"You came back at the right time."
Isaac said in a low voice, "Huh, I smell it. It's on your body, there's the smell of new blood."
"Really?" Luo Xiu spread his hands and said with a helpless expression on his face, "This may be because a mouse broke into my room and I had to get up and drive it away."
"..."
"Actually, it's nothing, little guest."
"On the contrary, I should thank you for cleaning up the filth in my tavern."
Isaac spoke calmly, but soon he changed the subject and asked:
"...Are you a 'priest'?"
"..."
"I am." Luo Xiu nodded and smiled.
The owner of the tavern, Isaac Neves, was a [Supreme] Throne Knight of the same rank as himself. Luo Xiu knew that once something on a transcendent level was revealed, it would be difficult to hide it from his eyes.
Luo Xiu was not prepared to hide his destiny. He was a [Glorious] priest, and letting Isaac discover it on his own would be more "real and credible" than telling him from his own mouth.
Isaac said expressionlessly:
"From the moment you stepped into the tavern, I knew you were an 'extraordinary being', but I didn't know what your destiny was."
"...Now, I finally know, but I still can't see through you."
Isaac's sharp eyes immediately looked straight at Luo Xiu and asked:
"So, the 'priest' who came from afar, what is your purpose of coming to Songyuan City?"
Feeling the strong vigilance, Luo Xiu shrugged helplessly and replied: "[Supreme] Knight, you should understand that I am only performing the duties of the 'Holy Judge'."
"..."
"The responsibilities of the 'Holy Judge'..." Isaac chewed on these words.
Suddenly, Isaac's old voice smiled and said in a lazy tone:
"Haha, forget it...this is not my business."
"You go back and rest. If anyone comes to ask what happened, I will tell them that I crushed those insects to death."
"——In the name of [Supreme]." Isaac added.
"..."
"……Thanks."
Luo Xiu nodded, thanked Isaac for his understanding, then passed him and returned to the Wolfhound Tavern.
…
The lights in the tavern were very dim. The few fuel lamps only provided partial illumination, and the corners were still dark.
Luo Xiu's fingertips glowed with light, replacing the lighting of the fuel lamp, and he walked lightly up to the second floor.
The doors of other rooms were closed tightly, and long but heavy snoring could be heard from time to time. Luo Xiu quickly found his room, took out the key, and unlocked the door.
"Meow~"
A cat meow, which meant welcome, came from the window.
Intis has returned first and is waiting in the room.
Previously, while "Knight of the Throne" Isaac and "Lord" were fighting Black Fang's assassins at the same time, Intis, who had transformed into a civet cat, stood quietly on the treetops high up, covering both sides of the tree. All the battlefields have a panoramic view.
As for Intis, who had witnessed those two crushing battles, her mind was filled with shock - those two "Black Fang" assassins, they and she were extraordinary beings at the same extraordinary level!
They can be wiped out so easily. This is the truest portrayal of power beyond power!
The previous scene deepened Intis' desire for power and her loyalty to follow the "Lord".
"You saw it too, Intis."
As Luo Xiu said this, he closed the door and locked the door.
"This is why I choose to stay here."
With the original [Supreme] Throne Knight as a bodyguard, this place is a reliable enough "safe zone" for Luo Xiu.
Players in previous lives regarded this place as a "holy place" - in order to escape the pursuit of hostile guilds, "Knight of the Throne" Isaac often acted as their shield.
Add to this the personal celebrity that Isaac has.
Even though Isaac is a retired knight, he still has considerable influence among the current [Supreme] people.
Those who can become "Knights of the Throne" are definitely not ordinary people. They not only need talent, but also need to have a noble background and absolute loyalty to the empire.
In addition, they also need to maintain hellish training and go through decades of hard work on the battlefield, nearly escaping death.
Only after they have achieved a certain level of military merit and a certain level of prestige and status in the Protectorate Knights can they be qualified to become "Knights of the Throne".
These are the real "nobles" who combine "talent", "perseverance" and "background", all three of which are indispensable.
And every [Supreme] Advocate who becomes a "Knight of the Throne", even if they retire, still enjoys many rights in the empire.
Isaac, the former "Knight of the Throne", of course also enjoys these rights.
Even with his prestige, if someone dared to invade his tavern in groups, he could raise his arms and call a group of active or retired [Supreme] people on the spot to kill all the enemies.
Therefore, in a sense, for Luo Xiu, Isaac's "Wolfhound Tavern" is basically equated with "absolute safety".
As for this retired knight, the reason why he wants to run a tavern here is purely out of interest.
——"Be able to drink wine happily", this is exactly what the knights in the Knights want to do but cannot do, and Isaac took action for it.
…
While recalling these memories of his previous life, Luo Xiu sat on the edge of the bed and took out the compass he had found earlier from his bracelet.
That was the compass dropped by the Black Fang "Hyena".
The panel quickly gave the identification result - "Silver Dial Compass", which is a prop with a special spirituality attached to it. It has the function of locking a special target position. It was made by [Lost] believers.
"As expected..." Luo Xiu murmured.
Those two Black Fang Assassins, it was through this compass that they could lock their exact position and direction...
Luo Xiu felt enlightened, and he immediately picked out a ball of original matter from his memory and extracted the content contained in it.
That was the "ancient inheritance" given to him by the former "Grand Arbiter" Landauer - "Prison of the Thinker"!
Luo Xiu hasn't really learned this inherited skill yet, he just keeps it in his memory first.
A prompt for learning appeared on the panel. Luo Xiu paid the experience and started reading the learning note.
The knowledge of "Prison of the Thinker" was slowly imprinted into his mind. For Luo Xiu, this process was like unzipping a compressed package and classifying it into a special memory section.
After waiting for a long time, "Prison of the Thinker" was officially learned, and its related content immediately appeared on the panel.
[Prison of the Thinker (Ancient Heritage, lv.1): Construct a counter-barrier deep in the soul, which can counter the probing, divination, prophecy and pre-induction of hostility. When the counterattack takes effect, a "divinity" determination is made. If the "divinity" is higher than the opponent's, the opponent will be impacted at the soul level...]
"...Good guy." Luo Xiu murmured softly with a smile on his face.
With the "Prison of the Thinker", he no longer has to worry about his whereabouts being passively exposed.
Luo Xiu then tried to build a soul barrier according to the guidance of the inherited knowledge.
By flowing his spirituality according to the guided circuit, Luo Xiu felt that high red walls seemed to be gradually building up in his mind.
That is the counterattack barrier... Luo Xiu thought to himself, he picked up the "Silver Dial Compass" at the same time and observed the changes on the dial.
The mercury that was beating continuously seemed to have lost all its vitality in an instant, and there was no movement at the same time as Luo Xiu's counterattack barrier was formed.
A pool of mercury just settled quietly in the groove, just like all ordinary mercury.
"Well..." Luo Xiu nodded, and he immediately removed the counter-protection barrier built in his mind.
And just as the barrier disappeared, the mercury became active again, beating crazily in the compass.
Luo Xiu stared at the compass for a long time, as if thinking about something.
After a while, he realized something, so he put the compass back into his bracelet and stopped building a new barrier.
Luo Xiu has roughly understood the principle by which the enemy targets him, and has drawn up a set of real usage of the counter-barrier.
For him, there is no rush now and he will immediately build a counterattack barrier.
Let the enemy continue to send "Black Fang" while he continues to stay here and complete the hunt, which is the most profitable plan.
In the hidden mission [Filthy Wail], the mission progress of "Kill Black Fang" has reached (1/10); and with the skill "Judgement of Radiance", when "Hyena" is killed, 3 Point free attribute points.
Now that the initiative has come to Luo Xiu, he can control the guidance of the enemy, which is a huge advantage.
As for the "Black Fang" assassins sent by the enemy, they all had experience packages delivered to their doorsteps, so there's no reason not to eat them!
After quickly receiving the experience reward for killing the "hyena" and turning off the panel, Luo Xiu lay back on the bed contentedly, with a subtle arc at the corner of his mouth and a pleasant smile on his face.
…
On the outskirts of Songyuan City, there is a hidden dark camp.
"Executioner" Koros suddenly felt something in his heart and looked up at the long table in front of him.
Several hanging lamps made of black iron were placed on the table, with a ball of faint blue light floating up and down in the hanging lamps.
Suddenly, the flame in a hanging lamp on the side began to dim and quickly went out.
After a while, the flame in the hanging lamp on the other side quickly extinguished, and a wisp of gray smoke emerged from it, which quickly disappeared.
"'Blood Owl' and 'Hyena'... they are dead."
Kross frowned and tapped his fingers lightly on the table, making a deep sound of "Tuk, Tuk".
"They died at the same time..."
"..."
"Being able to kill them all at the same time...is it a coincidence?"
Koros murmured, a deep light flashed in his eyes.
"But at least that tells me one thing."
"The other party has a fourth-level destiny, or is protected by a fourth-level destiny transcendent..."
Koros was thinking rapidly in his mind, and at the same time he heard footsteps coming from behind him.
"...came just in time."
Koros turned his head slightly, glanced at the humble figure behind him from the corner of his eye, and said:
"Get ready, Seer, for your divination ritual."
"I want you to perform a new divination immediately."
…
(End of chapter)